Will le Fleming

Will le Fleming is a British novelist and writer. His debut work of fiction, Central Reservation, was published in November 2011. At present he lives in London with his wife and young daughter, and teaches English at St Paul's School, London.
Early life
Will le Fleming was born in Bristol on 6 March 1976, and raised near Tewkesbury in a moated farmhouse dating back to the sixteenth century. Famed in the local area for legends of hauntings, its influence on his writing is readily discernible in Central Reservation, which depicts the struggle of protagonist Holly Jones as she attempts to free herself of her twin sister's obstreperous ghost.
Career
After graduating from Clare College, Cambridge with a degree in English Literature in 1998, le Fleming worked in diverse fields for a number of years. His professions included stringer in South America and croupier in New Zealand, alongside various jobs in business journalism.
In 2003 he began working with Historic Royal Palaces as a researcher, costumed interpreter and educator. In 2009 he was responsible for education at Hampton Court during the major re-interpretation project leading up to the 500th anniversary of accession, which brought new life to the historic Tudor apartments.
He subsequently left HRP to take up his present post as a teacher of English at in London.
Writing
Will le Fleming's first novel, Central Reservation, tells the story of a girl haunted by the ghost of her deceased twin during the foot and mouth epidemic of 2001. Its principal themes include loss and the search for identity in the transition to adulthood. The novel was published by Xelsion in November 2011.
The book was described by Hannah Sullivan, former Assistant Professor of English at Stanford University, as a 'spare and economical meditation on different kinds of loss'. She went on to compare Central Reservation to the work of Henry James and Graham Swift. Le Fleming's debut novel has also attracted comment from novelists Christie Dickason and Meg Rosoff.
Le Fleming is currently working on his forthcoming novel, Perpetual Motion, and the manuscript of a third novel, The Tide.

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